The Spoonbill Generator

Songs of Prestigious Bill Giblets, the Whistling Tailor

I had my shoes shined in Chicago once [archaeopteryx]

By Sugar Ray Leonards wee cousin [keith c]

I had no idea - I'm a bit of a dunce [Beefy ]

That I payed him to much, a dozen [archaeotperyx]

I had my shirts ironed in Buffalo, twice [Beefy ]

By Cassius Clay's big brother [Padfoot]

I begged him to starch; he ignored my advice [Beefy ]

Now one cuff's as limp as the other [Grayman]

I had my trousers altered in Memphis once [archaeopteryx]

By a tailor who looked like the King [Beefy ]

I said "No" to the sequins but still I got tons [archaeopteryx]

And now strangers request that I sing [Ethetran]

I had my belt lengthened in Vegas before [Grayman]

By magicians named Siegfried and Roy [Anon.]

Though my waist felt more comfy, a white tiger's roar [Ethetran]

Made me more thana little bit coy [Beefy ]

I had my boots fitted in Dallas once [Kansas Sam]

By the President's personal lackey [Fluffy]

I understood few of his gestures and grunts, [Anon]

But understood that his job was so tacky [keith c]


Contributors: archaeopteryx, keith c, Beefy, archaeotperyx, Padfoot, Grayman, Ethetran, Kansas Sam, Fluffy, Anon.
Poem finished: 17th October 2003 by Tristan.